Railway cross-tie.



B. F. CORNELIUS. RAILWAY (moss TIE. APPLICATION IILEEDTEBJG, 1914.

1,097,082, Patented May 19, 19m

BENJAMAN F. CORNELIUS, Q1? LINDSAY, OKLAHOMAi.

RAILWAY CROSS-TIE.

all 407mm it may concern 4 Be it knownthat I, BENJAMAN F. Con minus, acitizen of the United States, re-

siding at Lindsay, in the'county of Garvin Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view;and

and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinRailway Cross-Tles, of which the following 1s a specification,reference being had to the ac companying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway crossties and more partlcularly to that class known ascomposition ties, themain object of the invention,

being to provide a railway cross tie .con/ structed of concrete andsubstantially" rcinforced so that the same will'provid a, cross tiewhich will withstand the weat er and the general wear and tear and; atthe same time, will securely retain the rails against lateral movement.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a railway cross tiewhich will possess advantages in points ofefiiciency and durability, isinexpensive to manufacture and, at thesame time, is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswillbe hereinafter referred to and more particularly. pointed out in thespecification and claims. J

In theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1is a side elevation of a railway tie constructed in accordance-with myinvention, parts thereof being broken away and illustrated in crosssection. v Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is an endelevation.

In the construction of my improved cross tie, I prefer to form the samesubstantially triangular in cross section, as clearly indicated in Fig.4 and form the same of three sections which are generally indicated bythe numerals 1, 2 and 3, the'sections 1 and 3 forming the end sections,while the section 2 forms the central section, said end sections beingseparated from the central section by means of the transverselyextending division blocks 4.

The tie sections are provided, ad acent their bottom portions withlongitudinal openings in which are arranged the pipes 5 which not onlyserve to reinforce the sections, but provide casings for the long tudi-I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed February 16, 1914. Serial No. 819,039.

nally extending binding rod 6, said rod extending throughout the lengthof the entire sections and through the blocks 4:, nuts 7 be ing threadedupon each end thereof to securely retain the rod in place. The bottom ofthe tie is provided upon each end sec- .tion with the recesses 8 which,when the ties are placed in position, are adapted to receive theballast, in order to limit the longitudinal movement of the ties uponthe road-bed.

The tops of the sections of the tie are covered by means of a plate 9,the ends of which areengaged beneath the bottom of the end sections, asshown at 10, thence extended upwardly on a vertical plane, as shown at11 and thence bent inwardly upon the inclined portion 12 and from there,extend longitudinally across the top ofthe tie. The top portion of thetie is providedwith oftsets 13 which are adapted to receive the bases ofthe rails 14 which are securely held in position by the removable plates15 said plates being securely bolted to the ties by means of thebolts/16, the ends of said bolts being arranged within, the recesses 8and thence extended upwardly through the end sections and having nuts'17 threaded thereon to retain the same in position.

The plate .9 is provided within its intermediate portion with aplurality of longitudinally extending slots '8 which, when the plateis'placed in posi 011,. will receive a portion of the material of whichthe tie is constructed, so as to prevent lateral movement of the plateupon the top of the tie. It is understood that the plate is arranged inposition upon the tie after-the same is formed and before the concreteor other composition has become hardened. In placing the rails 14.- inosition, itis preferred to have a block of asbestos or any other similarcushioned material which is generally indicated by the numeral 19 placedwithin the offset portions 13 and upon which the base of each of therails is adapted to rest. The portion of the plate 9 which extends alongthe longitudinal top of the tie is retained in place by means of thebolts 20 extending vertically through the tie body.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it I will be readily apparent that I have provided a simpleanddurable composition tie which will replace the wooden tie now ingeneral use and which will securely re tam the rails when posltionec.upon said ties, against any v spreading movement. The .tl evice, asherein sho wn'and described, is extreme-1g simple in construction andcan be' manufactured at a comparatiyely lowf While havesho'w'n anddescribed' the" preferred form f'my invention, it is obvious that.various changes in the .detailsof construction and in the proportions.may .be

resorted to for successfully carrying my inyention 1 into practice,Without sacrificing any. of thenovel features or departing from thescopeof the appendedclaim's. a

and by extending the rod 9 longitudinally It will be'noted that byproviding my inap'ro'ved composite tie with the binding plate throughthe tie, a certain amount of elasticity is communicated to v the tie;

Having thus described this inyenticn What I claim is:

1. A railway cross tie including a sectional body formed substantially'triangular in shape,- cushioning blocks interposed .be-

1 4 tween the tie sections, a' binding plate extending longitudinallyacross the top of the tie having its ends engaged beneath the ends ofthe same, and means for retaining said sections in their relat vepositions. 7 2. A'railway cross t1e includlng a composite, -formed inthree sections, cushioning blocks interposed between saidsectionsfrecesses fformed in the upper faces of the end sections, abinding plate extending lon-' -gtitudinally acrossthe top of thetie andpro- 'vided with elongated slots,v.ofiset portions formed in the top ofthe plate adapted to be dispos'edwithin said recesses, the ends ofsignature in the presence of two witnesses.

"W tnesses:

CHAS. L. Ganges, 1 WAREN.'

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